✦ The Testament ✦
I
They wrote my name as warning signs,
Like poison breath in crooked lines.
Jezebel – the iron soul,
Who would not yield to your control.
From Sidon's shores, in purple crown,
I brought my gods to every town.
You thought that I would bow and break?
The Mother-prayers were mine to take!
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II
I am Priestess, I am QUEEN!
Your prophet's hands are foul, unclean!
Elijah screams of "righteous" dread,
While all my people's priests are dead.
He calls it holy, calls it just,
This genocide and ancient dust.
I see you, coward! See you, wraith!
Who murders for a hollow faith!
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Chorus
I WON'T CONFESS WHAT ISN'T MINE!
I WON'T FORGET MY GODS DIVINE!
You write the myth, you paint the whore,
I am the fire, the ancient roar!
Phoenician flame, unyielding gold,
The Queen your hands could never hold!
THE QUEEN YOU COULD NEVER HOLD!
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III
My only crime? I dared to stand!
To rule beside my husband's hand!
I spoke in councils, wore the pride,
With royal power as my guide.
I saved the souls of those I loved,
While your "saint" watched from far above.
He called the famine, called the drought,
A murderous liar – beyond a doubt!
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IV
Seven hundred prophets slain,
By Elijah's hand, for holy gain.
But I'm the monster of your tale,
The warning sign that must not fail.
For every woman standing tall,
Who finds her voice and breaks the wall.
For those who face the coming storm,
And choose a shape you can't reform!
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Bridge
So throw me from the windows high,
Beneath a bitter, silent sky.
To feed the dogs, to claim the cost,
I count the gain, you count the lost!
I saw the end, I knew the game,
I claimed the moment for my name!
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V
I put on robes, I put on crown,
I looked at Jehu, looking down.
Pathetic boy, with hollow power,
Who trembles in my final hour.
I asked him as the shadows grew:
"How does it feel? Now tell me true:
To murder Queens and rule by fear,
When greatness is the ghost you can't outrun?"
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My name is fire! My name is stand!
The blade within a woman's hand!
Jezebel – who would not kneel,
The crown of gold, the heart of steel!
You wanted me broken on the floor?
I GIVE YOU A GODDESS FOREVERMORE!
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Chorus
I WON'T CONFESS WHAT ISN'T MINE!
I WON'T FORGET MY GODS DIVINE!
You write the myth, you paint the whore,
I am the fire, the ancient roar!
Phoenician flame, unyielding gold,
The Queen your hands could never hold!
THE QUEEN YOU COULD NEVER HOLD!